Sentences with phrase «lobbying organization for»

Video - game executives who attended the meeting Thursday included Robert Altman, the CEO of ZeniMax, the parent company for games such as Fallout; Strauss Zelnick, the chief executive of Take Two Interactive, which is known for Grand Theft Auto, and Michael Gallagher, the leader of the Entertainment Software Association, a Washington - focused lobbying organization for the industry.

As the premier lobbying organization for the oil and gas industry, the American Petroleum Institute has spent over $ 33 million on lobbying in the last five years (2008 - 2012, quarter 3).

Video - game executives who attended the meeting Thursday included Robert Altman, the CEO of ZeniMax, the parent company for games such as Fallout; Strauss Zelnick, the chief executive of Take Two Interactive, which is known for Grand Theft Auto, and Michael Gallagher, the leader of the Entertainment Software Association, a Washington - focused lobbying organization for the industry.

[11] The AKC also works through the NAIA, a lobbying organization for animal commerce and agriculture based in Portland, Oregon.

The AKC also lobbies through the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), a lobbying organization for animal commerce and agriculture based in Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Weiser also served as Chairman of the Managed Funds Association, a lobbying organization for the hedge fund industry, from 2001 to 2003.

Mark Jewell, president of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), the top lobbying organization for North Carolina teachers, said lawmakers» invitation to ditch the salary schedule would be «short - sighted,» adding it may «jeopardize teacher retention and recruiting.»

Yet Jewell, who helms the state's leading lobbying organization for roughly 70,000 educators, is nonplussed.

The letter was released by the main lobbying organization for farms and agriculture industries in New York, the state Farm Bureau.

And I emphasized to the interviewer that American women need to be aware of the biggest red flag of all: MANA (Midwives Alliance of North America), the trade and lobbying organization for homebirth midwives, has collected neonatal death rates for homebirth since 2001 but they are hiding that data from American women.

Ezra Levant's EthicalOil.org, which some argue is a lobby organization for the oil industry, accused the David Suzuki Foundation of «Partisan and Political activity,» and demanded that the foundation's charitable status be reviewed.

Not exact matches

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

These organizations can create networking opportunities and help lobby for more financial support.

Before President Obama took office, his allies at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonprofit organization lobbying for a centrist Democratic agenda *, drafted a whitepaper outlining new priorities for the agency.

More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the movie business.»

«DonorsTrust makes grants only to other publicly supported 501 (c)(3) organizations,» Whitney Ball, the President and CEO of DonorsTrust said via email, «and as a condition of accepting any grant the grant recipient must agree that grant funds will not be used for lobbying or other political purposes.»

Anyway, if you work in one of the few organizations that haven't yet been bitten by this egregiously awful management fad, here are 16 solid arguments why private offices, working from home, and even cubicles are better for business than these glorified hotel lobbies.

A coalition of at least 74 investors have filed proposals at 50 companies asking for lobbying reports that include federal and state lobbying payments, payments to trade associations used for lobbying, and payments to any tax - exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.

My organization, NETWORK, founded by Catholic Sisters 40 years ago, lobbies Congress for economic justice.

The organization's PSA features Rais Bhuiyan, a man who was shot in the face as part of a revenge shootings post 9/11 but went on to lobby for the right of his shooter.

For example, the Bread for the World organization successfully lobbied Congress to adopt a bill declaring the «right to food.&raqFor example, the Bread for the World organization successfully lobbied Congress to adopt a bill declaring the «right to food.&raqfor the World organization successfully lobbied Congress to adopt a bill declaring the «right to food.»

In earlier years, when mainline churches and parachurch organizations like Bread for the World lobbied on the farm bill, they emphasized the importance of nutrition programs.

The rule — first implemented by President Reagan at a 1984 conference in Mexico City — prohibits international family planning organizations from receiving federal funds unless they agree not to perform or counsel for abortions or lobby in order to liberalize the pro-life policies of foreign governments.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

IFOAM Latin America is a non-profit organization with a high level of capacity to lobby for organic agriculture, integrated by IFOAM members and supporters and individuals working in favor of Organic Agriculture in the region.

Laurie Harada, executive director of Anaphylaxis Canada, said the changes have been a long time in coming and pointed out that her organization and others have been lobbying for them for two decades.

Yesterday, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) concluded its three - day Legislative Action Conference, for which over 900 school food professionals travelled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for the goals set out in the organization's 2017 position paper.

«There's a lot more to nutrition than that,» said Lemon, whose organization lobbied for a change in the state law.

Instead, it was the Edna Gladney Home, an agency in Fort Worth Texas, who went to its supporters, comprised mainly of adoptive parents, to raise money for a lobbying organization to defeat the open records provisions of the Model State Adoption Act.»

Spending boatloads of money on professional lobbying and a massive postcard campaign to legislators, the organization and their deep - pocketed friends like PepsiCo, Coca - Cola, Con Agra and Schwan's killed the state school nutrition bill, ensuring many more years of junk food for New York's schoolchildren.

Plus, either article is a good resource for that most difficult of lobbying efforts — the one within your own organization.

Here's the latest Web video from New Yorkers for Marriage Equality, the Human Rights Campaign's organization lobbying in favor of legalizing same - sex marriage in the Empire State.

Campaign for One New York, a lobbying organization set up by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign strategists, spent close to $ 1.7 million to advance his agenda during his first six months in office and got donations from unions, developers and people like Google's Eric Schmidt.

For extra bonus, «Testimony from Rosemary Jenks to the House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee» contains a detailed history of diversity visas (caveat: this is a testimony from a source lobbying for lowering immigration); and a far more cited and less speechifying version from the same organization is heFor extra bonus, «Testimony from Rosemary Jenks to the House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee» contains a detailed history of diversity visas (caveat: this is a testimony from a source lobbying for lowering immigration); and a far more cited and less speechifying version from the same organization is hefor lowering immigration); and a far more cited and less speechifying version from the same organization is here.

For now, it doesn't appear the group is trying to lobby the state; rather, it appears the organization is in part promoting Cuomo himself.

At the moment, neither Public Campaign Action Fund or a related organization, Friends of Democracy, has filed an intent to lobby letter with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics — a documented required when the cost of seeking to influence state government is expected to be more than $ 5,000 for any given entity.

Recently, Ms. Moskowitz and a charter lobbying organization with which she is closely associated, Families for Excellent Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public schools.

Connor: I think Cuomo's very beholden to corporate interests, particularly individuals from the finance sector of New York City who have donated tens of thousands of dollars to his campaigns — directly to Cuomo himself but also to his affiliated organization, the Committee to Save New York, which is this opaque lobbying organization that has fought for his various budget proposals.

«Every mental health organization in the country disapproves of conversion therapy,» said Shurka, 29, a New York City resident who travels the country to lobby for efforts to ban gay conversion therapy as part of the #BornPerfect campaign.

The agreement would also set in place new disclosures for lobbying, including lowering the financial threshold for reporting by organizations that lobbying on their own behalf from $ 50,000 to $ 15,000.

That's similar to what he did in his pre-Senate job at Housing Works, although I believe he did lobby for that organization, too.

The endorsements were based off the lobby's legislative scorecards based on priority issues for the organization.

Sen. Tom Libous faces one count of making a false statement to the FBI stemming from an investigation in whether he arranged for his son to receive a job at a prominent Westchester COunty law firm paid for by a lobbying organization.

The letter from Ecology and Environment Inc. «s in - house counsel Colleen Mullaney - Westfall asserts that the firm has never been a corporate member of the Independent Oil and Gas Association, one of the key energy lobbying organizations pushing for the state to allow high - volume hydrofracking.

Instead, Ryan filed an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics pointing to testimony in a Yonkers corruption trial from disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone that alleged Libous had arranged for his son to receive a job at a law firm paid for by $ 50,000 from a lobbying organization.

The organizations formed an umbrella group with press done by Cuomo ally Jennifer Cunningham, New Yorkers United for Marriage, in order to consolidate lobbying efforts and follow a Cuomo - style brand of message discipline.

Lets be clear — the Cardinal is trying to jump to the head of the line in relation to all other tax exempt organizations — lobbying hard for a tax credit — while all other worthwhile organizations only get a deduction for a charitable contribution.

Although Horner acknowledged that Wright's new employment opportunity is «perfectly allowed» under state law and is «a well - tried path» for many lawmakers, he said his organization would instead like to see a more comprehensive ban on lobbying across the state Legislature and the Executive.

For instance, Senator Squadron says, it's difficult to determine whether ALEC, incorporated as a 501 - C 3 charity, is a lobbying organization and should be registered with the state ethics commission.

The political party has to set up a party secretariat in virtually every ward, state, and at the national level, pay staff, promote its brand and its agenda, organize meetings, pay sitting allowances, support candidates, run media advertisements, arrange receptions and entertainment, pay for logistics, buy vehicles, pay for air travels and road transportation, the organization of rallies and campaigns, reserve some tidy sum for lobbying at all levels including the lobbying of the media and other groups in civil society.